your input on living with pacemaker will be greatly appreciated

my father is 82 years old. his heart beat is very slow, sometimes below 40. long time ago, he was advised to have pacemaker, he refused. he lives on herbal medicine, jinsheng and qigong. This Monday he fainted and fell, but immediately woke up, my mother was with him.

He's now in hospital. Should he go through the surgery and put in the pacemaker?

Your input & suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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• 如果经济承受得起，应该做，不知道有何负作用，同时也要老人同意。 -东渡西飘- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:05:31

• 经济承受得起，老人不同意, he's scared, I did not know -hz82000- ♀ (86 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:12:43

• 说实话，82的高龄作这种手术危险性也很高，如果你父母都坚持 -东渡西飘- ♀ (128 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:41:02

• 重要的是老人的意愿, 还有您母亲的... -豆腐渣的灿烂年华- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:15:10

• yeah -hz82000- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:23:11

• it is a simple procedure, a single chamber pacemaker will be eno -abby305- ♀ (98 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:23:56

• that's my concern, if no better benefit, why go -hz82000- ♀ (67 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 19:49:25

• she is talking about different between single chamber and dual c -xiaoyao88- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 21:05:26

• I see, thank you all for your information. -Hz82000- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/11/2007 postreply 21:25:41